Didn't the Spirit Medium Give You the Ancestral House?

The scholar and the rich young lady were found by their families while eloping, and the scholar accidentally dropped his purse. But he was really poor.

Liu Su'e had just settled the ducks when she saw her daughter holding a gold ring.

Her heart went thump, thump, thump. "Wanwan, where did you get that? We don't allow stealing in this family. No matter how poor or desperate we are, we can't steal."

Zhou Qinghe said, "Mother, what are you thinking? Little Sister picked it up by the river. Someone must have dropped it by accident."

Liu Su'e frowned. "Then should we look for the owner?"

Zhou Wanwan blinked at her. "Mother, why should we look for the owner? I think what I picked up is mine."

Liu Su'e coughed. "What if they've lost it and are searching everywhere for it? We shouldn't be so selfish."

"No. I picked it up, so naturally I get to decide what to do with it. From now on, everyone in this family has to listen to me." Zhou Wanwan stood up as she spoke.

She couldn't understand how people in ancient times thought, but she had her own ideas.

She could dote on her family, but she absolutely wouldn't be a saintly doormat. Besides, a drought was coming soon, and they needed money.

Zhou Wanwan's imposing presence burst forth, and Liu Su'e hastily nodded. "All right, then we'll all listen to Wanwan from now on. I... I have absolutely no objections."

Zhou Fusheng began to stammer too. "All right, from now on... I... I'll listen to my daughter."

Zhou Wanwan looked at Zhou Qingyan, who hurriedly nodded. "I'll listen to you too. From now on, you're the head of our family."

Zhou Qinghe looked at Zhou Wanwan. "I think that's good."

Zhou Wanwan looked at Zhou Qingchen, who said with a beaming smile, "Of course I'll listen to you. If you tell me to go east, I'll never go west."

Only then did Zhou Wanwan nod and say:

"All right. It's harvest season now, so grain is especially cheap.

"My idea is that tomorrow, we find a way to bring back more grain.

"The land deed for this house doesn't count as ours yet, does it? Then let's forget this ancestral house and build a new one.

"That grandmother is truly disgusting. She deliberately gave us this ancestral house. It doesn't even have a roof over it, so we'd have to fix it up.

"But once it's fixed, the ancestral house will still belong to their side of the family, and we won't get anything in the end."

Liu Su'e's face turned deathly pale. She finally understood. "I was wondering why she was kind enough to give us the ancestral house."

Zhou Wanwan looked at them. "Since we've split off from the family, we should naturally make a clean break. When the time comes, we'll build two rooms first. As long as we can live in them, that'll do."

Zhou Qingyan frowned. "But the people in our village aren't willing to help us either, are they? Now they go out of their way to avoid us whenever they see us."

Zhou Wanwan sneered. "We don't need them. Money can make even ghosts turn a millstone. Father, Mother, get some sleep early!"

They hadn't even been allowed to bring a single piece of clothing or a quilt. This wasn't a family division at all; they had simply been driven out of the house.

Zhou Wanwan lay down on the straw and soon fell asleep. Controlling plants took a great deal of effort.

Liu Su'e murmured softly, "How did our girl become so different?"

Zhou Fusheng sighed. "I'm afraid their side drove her to it. Wife, I've let you all down. I'll work twice as hard from now on."

Liu Su'e gave him a gentle thump and said:

"We're family. Why would you need to say that? It's all right. Things will get better for us.

"But our girl is no ordinary child. I think her presence is even more frightening than the old madam's. We'll all listen to her from now on."

Zhou Fusheng hurriedly nodded. "Mm-hmm, I think she's frightening too. Our daughter's capable now."

The two pushovers chattered all night, and when they woke the next day, they both had dark circles under their eyes.

Zhou Wanwan looked at Zhou Fusheng. "Father, why don't you ask the village chief whether our family can be allotted some land, or whether we can buy a plot?"

Zhou Fusheng nodded. "Wanwan, have an egg first. Once we've eaten, we'll go to the village chief's house."

After eating his egg, Zhou Fusheng took Zhou Wanwan and the others to the village.

The ancestral house was very far from the village, a whole incense stick's time on foot. It was also in a particularly remote spot, and ordinary people really wouldn't come all the way out there.

They had barely returned to the village when someone shouted, "Zhou Fusheng, it's bad enough that you came to our village, but you actually brought this jinx with you! Are you trying to get our whole village killed?"

"Isn't that right? Drive them all out! The spirit medium said she'd ruin our village's feng shui."

Zhou Wanwan frowned. The spirit medium was her grandmother, but she had never offended her. Why was she targeting her like this?

Zhou Fusheng shouted angrily, "We're from Zhou Family Village! What right do you have to keep us out? I want to see the village chief."

"I said you can't come in, so you can't come in. Your whole family is bad luck, and you'll bring misfortune to our village. Hurry up and stay away from our village."

Someone replied, "Go and call our village chief out. Whatever it is, you can talk about it here."

These people were actually refusing to let them into the village. Zhou Wanwan stood to one side, narrowing her eyes without saying a word.

After quite a while, the village chief finally came out at a leisurely pace. "Zhou Fusheng, what do you want with me? Wait, why did you bring her here? Are you trying to bring me bad luck?"

Zhou Fusheng looked at him. "Village Chief, I just wanted to ask whether we could be allotted some land. We're planning to build a new house..."

The village chief sneered. "Land? Doesn't your family have plenty of land?"

Zhou Fusheng looked at him and said:

"Weren't we driven out?

"The ancestral house doesn't even have a roof, so there's no way anyone can live in it. Please help us find a way and give us a plot of land..."

The village chief snorted and said:

"Zhou Fusheng, don't come crying poverty to me. Didn't the spirit medium give you the ancestral house?

"You'd better not be ungrateful. That ancestral house sits on a treasure land of good feng shui."

Zhou Wanwan suddenly spoke up. "Since it's a treasure land of good feng shui, why don't you go live there from now on, Village Chief? We'll live in your house. What do you say?"

The village chief jumped with anger. "Zhou Wanwan, how come you can talk now? You'd better keep your mouth shut."

Zhou Wanwan spread her hands and looked at him. "Since you won't do anything, Village Chief, we'll go change our household registration. As long as we have land in another village, we can transfer our registration there."

"Ha ha ha... you're killing me! I heard the spirit medium didn't give them a thing, and they still want to buy land? What are they going to buy it with?"

"I heard they don't even have enough to eat, and they're still dreaming!"

"That's right, don't give them any land. Make that harbinger of disaster get lost, get out of our Zhou Family Village."

"Isn't that right? Get lost..."

The chief of Zhou Family Village sneered and said:

"All right, you can go. If you want your household registration, we'll give it to you.

"You can move wherever you want, just not in Zhou Family Village."